8-6
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting Flow Chart
for Power Amplifier
START
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Is PA control
Is Red light on?
Is control head
Is K9.1 OK?
Go to
Go to
Go to controller
Is there
Faulty power setting DAC
Faulty coupler.
Is
Check R6519, U0701,
Is
Faulty current sense
Is
Faulty integrator.
Faulty REF voltage.
Is
Is RF at
Are voltages
Is RF
Is RF after
Is RF after
Replace Antenna
Check CR6501, Q6506,
Check U6502, R6520,
Replace U6501.
Check CR6502, CR6503,
Check L6513, L6513,
Is there 5V at
Go to synthesizer
PA RF SECTION FAULT
PA LOGIC SECTION FAULT
Levels were measured with an
RF probe in series with 0.5pF
Is synt out
Go to controller
*U6501 DC voltages:
Pin 2: 9.1V (during Tx only)
Pins 3 and 4: A+-0.1V
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OK?
control head
troubleshooting.
5V at
Is there
K9.1 ENB?
troubleshooting.
9.3V at Q0741
or Q0742?
Replace
Q0741 and Q0742.
synthesizer
troubleshooting.
troubleshooting.
PA_ENABLE?
(PA_PWR_SET)
at U0702-2
there ~2V
or software
Is there ~ OV at
U0701-7?
Check CR6509, R6515,
CR6506, R6514, L6516,
R6512.
L6515, R0725, R0721,
R0722, R0723.
mechanism. Check
R6520, U0701 DAC
(U0702-11).
Check R0251, R0252,
U0251.
Replace U0701.
connector.
Harmonic Filter
at ~23dBm?
C6543.
CR6504, R6538, R6539,
R6537.
L6519, L6504 ,L6505,
L6506,VR6501.
Q6501, L6503, L6502.
troubleshooting.
U6501
~2dBm?
>2dBm?
at ~0V?
at U6501*
OK?
output ~24dBm?
at U6501
Tx switch
at ~24dBm?
?
U0701-14
at <4.5V?
U0701-1
at <4.5V?
U0701-10
~4.6V?
capacitor.